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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of tales did Elena tell the Minister's children when they were young?
(a) Tales of the apocalypse.
(b) Tales of elves and fairies.
(c) Tales of Jesus as a young man.
(d) Tales of the Devil as a young man.

2. What is the only thing the Prime Minister reads in the present?
(a) Bank statements.
(b) Emails.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Facebook posts.

3. Who does the man say gave him the nickname The Marlboro Man?
(a) The Minister of Interior.
(b) The Minister's wife.
(c) Elena.
(d) The Prime Minister.

4. What does the man tell the Minister is disappointing after the Minister says he knows the man will kill them?
(a) That the Minister is running away.
(b) That the Minister does not recognize the man.
(c) That the Minister was not prepared for the storm.
(d) That the Minister relies on Ari to help him.

5. Where does the man who got into the car with the Minister tell him he wants to go?
(a) To a hotel.
(b) To the airport.
(c) To church.
(d) To a cafe.

6. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister he is a student of?
(a) Human nature.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) History.

7. How long has the Marlboro Man been in prison before he is able to escape?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 30 years.

8. Who is screaming the Minister's name as he walks down the tarmac with his aides at the end of the story?
(a) His wife.
(b) Ari.
(c) The Marlboro Man.
(d) The crowd.

9. What does the Marlboro Man say he helped build?
(a) The municipal building.
(b) The airport.
(c) The church.
(d) The Minister's house.

10. What word does the Marlboro Man mispronounce while the Minister walks down the tarmac?
(a) Ciao.
(b) Bon Voyage.
(c) Adios.
(d) Aloha.

11. What word does the Marlboro Man use to describe the Prime Minister?
(a) Snob.
(b) Toughguy.
(c) Dimwit.
(d) Sissy.

12. What begins to happen just as the Minister reaches his plane at the end of the story?
(a) It starts to snow.
(b) The airport floods.
(c) The plane begin to take off before the Minister gets on it.
(d) It starts to rain.

13. What does the Minister do when the Marlboro Man says, "You, too, are by brother" (12)?
(a) He tells his aide to arrest him.
(b) He yells the same phrase back at the man.
(c) He ignores the man and says nothing.
(d) He waves to the man.

14. What does the Minister say to the man after he has pulled him into the car with Ari?
(a) He tells him he made a grave error.
(b) He thanks him for his help.
(c) He introduces him to Ari.
(d) He tells him he looks familiar.

15. How long ago does the Marlboro Man say he was given that nickname?
(a) 10 years ago.
(b) 20 years ago.
(c) 3 years ago.
(d) 40 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the "decades-old failed public-works project" (7) that Ari drives past with the Minister and the man in the car?

2. What does the man tell Ari he gave up long ago?

3. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?

4. What does the Minister realize as a group of aids guide him down the tarmac?

5. What author does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister reading in their youth?

(see the answer keys)

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